Schedule
8:30 a.m. - Check-In + Breakfast
9:00 a.m. - Welcome
9:15 a.m. - Keynote Address
10:30 a.m. - Workshop I
When Emergencies Happen: How We Can Prepare Together
What would your neighborhood do if an emergency happened tomorrow? Connect with neighbors and community partners to talk about the risks we face, share ideas, and explore how we can be better prepared and look out for one another.
Neighborhood Scroll: How to Tell Your Community's Story Online
Join the city’s social media team to learn how to grab attention, create engaging posts, and use simple tools to make your neighborhood’s social media more effective.
Healthy Yards, Healthy Neighborhoods: Protecting Our Landscapes from Invasive Weeds
Learn how invasive weeds spread, what you can do to manage them, and how neighbors can work together to protect Boise’s native plants, open spaces, and wildlife.
11:45 a.m. - Workshop II
Urban Tree Walk
How hard is it to grow a tree in Boise? Join us for a walking tour to explore Boise’s urban trees, recent streetscape improvements, and the challenges of growing healthy trees in the city. Plan for 75 minutes | Comfortable walking shoes | Approximately 1 mile | Rain or shine
Idaho State Museum Tour
Step inside the museum and explore Idaho’s history at your own pace. This 75-minute self-guided tour is a chance to discover stories, people and places that have shaped our state.
From Story to Place: Making Neighborhood Identity Visible
Uncover the traditions and places that give neighborhoods their unique identity. Using a guided Story Map, you’ll learn what creates a sense of belonging and discover practical ways to bring your neighborhood’s story to life.
2:00 p.m. - Workshop III
Reimagining Home: A Neighbor-Led Visioning Session
What do you love about your neighborhood? This session invites you to think beyond individual projects and imagine what positive growth could look like for your neighborhood and Boise as a whole.
Keep Boise Cool: Taking Climate Action in Your Neighborhood
Learn how to use city resources to connect neighbors, take climate action and build momentum around the issues that matter most to your community.
Our Neighborhoods, Then and Now: How Transportation Shapes Our Communities
Test your knowledge of how Boise used to look, then learn how transportation decision are made, funded, and shaped by community input. You’ll see how past decisions have shaped the places we live today and how resident can help shape what comes next.
3:15 p.m - Workshop IV
Mapping What Matters: An Introduction to Community Asset Mapping
What makes a neighborhood strong? Community asset mapping can help identify the people, places, organizations and other resources that make your neighborhood unique. Look at real examples, share your perspective and consider how mapping what matters could help your neighborhood build on its strengths.
Youth Voices in Neighborhoods: Bringing Youth into the Neighborhood Conversation
Hear how one of Boise’s neighborhoods brought a student representative into neighborhood decision-making and get ideas for creating meaningful opportunities for youth to share their perspectives and shape their community for the future.
4:15 p.m. - Workshop V
Neighborhood Investment Awards + Block Party
Join us as we reveal the neighborhoods selected for 2027 investment projects. Big announcement with Boise City Council followed by a neighborhood-style block party with free mini donuts.
5:00 p.m. - Event Ends
